Mrs. Rogone - STEM K-3

                                 STEM TOPICS AND ACTIVITIES

                                                 May/June

Kindergarten Science Standard:

KLS1-1:  Describe patterns of what plants and animals need to survive.

K-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions-Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.

Activities to include: Learn the adaptations of cestacians, most particularly the whale; understand the needs of cestacians as mammals in the rivers, lakes and oceasns,. STEAM paper plate whales, simple machines such as pulleys and inclined planes.

Grade 1 Science Standard: 
 

K-2-ETS1-2. Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem

. K-2-ETS1-3. Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
1-LS1-2. Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive

Activities to Include:  Designing and testing the strength of bridges made of  paper and paper towel rolls; Identify the threats  made to whales off the shores of Long Island and New Jersey and design posters to inform the public;  learn the needs and the role of cestacicans in the ocean environment as well as the whole earth,

Grade 2 Science Standard: 

2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. 
2-LS2-2. Develop a simple model that illustrates how plants and animals depend on each other for survival.
1-PS4-4. Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.

Activities to Include: Obtain knowledge of cestaceans and their contributions to the Earth's environment.; understand the delicate balance of the ocean's ecosystem and the threat to cestaceans by pollution, shipping, fishing, and noise polution; design and present a solution to help protect the whales; learn the beginning of  technology beginning with smoke signals and Morse Code; communicate using flashlights with Morse Code.

Grade 3 Science Standard:

3-ESS2-1 Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected in a region during a particicular season.  Identify weather instruments to forcast weather. Tracking tornadoes in Tornado Alley.
3-PS2-3 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions-Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
3-LS4-4. Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change
Activities to Include: Making a simple barometer, anenometer, and wind vane; Understanding the importance of cardinal directions for the Native Americans;water  cycle in a bottle, shaving cream rain clouds.; Magnets and magnetic shield; designing a magnetic car; sketching and presenting a solution to protect whales in the ocean;